GhostMiner Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 59 minutes ago, Mike Furness said: GhostMiner ... Please don't abandon the story line ... I look forward to reading it daily and disappointed when I don't see additional info. Sorry you had a run in with Steve. Hope you both can somehow over come the differences. All is fine. Just taking a break. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 15 hours ago, GhostMiner said: All is fine. Just taking a break. Been away for a month in sunny QLD Aus. and missed most of this. Both you and Steve put a lot of time in entertaining us all on this forum, so I hope your BREAK is a lot less than the one I just had. ? ?? ........... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 Some of you have wanted to see a picture of Jacob. Yes, he was real. This was taken in 1999 & he was 81. This was taken in his cabin & he was with a friend playing cards. Sorry I can't get the picture to post correctly. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, GhostMiner said: Some of you have wanted to see a picture of Jacob. Yes, he was real. This was taken in 1999 & he was 81. This was taken in his cabin & he was with a friend playing cards. Sorry I can't get the picture to post correctly. I don't describe any of the people in the journal as far as looks. At least not usually. I'd rather let the reader use his imagination as to what the characters look like. To me it's like when you have listened to a DJ on the radio for yrs not knowing what he or she look like. Your brain makes up a vision or interpretation from the voice you have listened to for so long. Then usually, when you actually see this person, you are like "NO - THAT"S NOT WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE." So I don't know what the readers thought about Jacob but there he is in all his glory. So what was he like? He was a pretty tough cookie. He didn't put up with BS & if you were going to be his friend you had better be ready to buck up when the time came for action. He loved playing cards and his occasional cup of whisky. If he was your friend you knew you had someone you could count on in any circumstance. He liked to swear & didn't care who heard it. Down to earth & hard working. He told me some of his lady friends thought he resembled the actor Clark Gable. RIP Jacob. We miss you. I know you'd be getting a big kick out of the journal. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, GhostMiner said: I don't describe any of the people in the journal as far as looks. At least not usually. I'd rather let the reader use his imagination as to what the characters look like. To me it's like when you have listened to a DJ on the radio for yrs not knowing what he or she look like. Your brain makes up a vision or interpretation from the voice you have listened to for so long. Then usually, when you actually see this person, you are like "NO - THAT"S NOT WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE." So I don't know what the readers thought about Jacob but there he is in all his glory. So what was he like? He was a pretty tough cookie. He didn't put up with BS & if you were going to be his friend you had better be ready to buck up when the time came for action. He loved playing cards and his occasional cup of whisky. If he was your friend you knew you had someone you could count on in any circumstance. He liked to swear & didn't care who heard it. Down to earth & hard working. He told me some of his lady friends thought he resembled the actor Clark Gable. RIP Jacob. We miss you. I know you'd be getting a big kick out of the journal. As a matter of fact, I remember his favorite card game was called Spades. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 I also am looking for a picture of Jacob with his Thompson. It was taken on the mine in Summer 2002. Looking high & low for it. He let me shoot it a few times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWPROSP Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, GhostMiner said: I also am looking for a picture of Jacob with his Thompson. It was taken on the mine in Summer 2002. Looking high & low for it. He let me shoot it a few times. Thank you GhostMiner for an awesome story shared. Your story writing abilities are the best. Please keep the hundreds of us able to experience your writing talent. Thank you 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, NWPROSP said: Thank you GhostMiner for an awesome story shared. Your story writing abilities are the best. Please keep the hundreds of us able to experience your writing talent. Thank you Many, many thanks. Going to do some riding this Summer. Bought a Royal Enfield 500 Trials Works bike. One of 50 imported to the USA before dropping the 500 single Bullet line forever. Kind of like me - a relic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 9 minutes ago, GhostMiner said: Many, many thanks. Going to do some riding this Summer. Bought a Royal Enfield 500 Trials Works bike. One of 50 imported to the USA before dropping the 500 single Bullet line forever. Kind of like me - a relic. Mine's the red frame model. Already collectors bikes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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